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I study rhetoric and composition as a PhD student in the English Department at Penn State University.
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note to myself
I am bad at keeping notes of things to read or do. My to-do lists fly all over the place and eventually get lost. Help me out, blog. Mike Edwards, while reflecting on what was going on twenty years ago, … Continue reading
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Sources I want to check into after my Pittsburgh readings
Bakhtin, M.M. “The Problem of Speech Genres.“ Speech Genres and Other Late Essays. Eds. Caryl Emerson and Michael Holquist. Austin, TX: U of Texas P, 1986. 60-102. Bazerman, Charles. “Genre and Identity: Citizenship in the Age of the Internet and … Continue reading
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on “The Rhetorician as an Agent of Social Change”
Lisa also suggested that I read Cushman’s article “The Rhetorician as an Agent of Social Change,” which I enjoyed a lot. She advocates for crossing the ivory tower/reality divide that separates universities and their work from the real life work … Continue reading
“Imagined Geographies”
In my thesis, I am arguing for the metaphor of viewing the blogosphere as the ideal city, drawing from the work of Iris Marion Young. Lisa suggested I read Reynolds’s article, and I’m really glad I did. Reynolds is concerned … Continue reading
suggestions from chris_v
A few months ago I emailed chris_v asking what he knew or what he could suggest I read regarding Situationist philosophy. He wrote me back (and I’m posting it here for my easy access): The most essential Situationist text would … Continue reading
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